| Online education is no different from any other | | | | need it, so the ability to go back into your textbooks to |
| educational program. There are still assignments that | | | | help you find an answer is not cheating; it is applying |
| are due each week. There are still quizzes to take and | | | | your learning. |
| there are still exams. How well you do in your course | | | | Tip Three: Know What the Test Will Cover |
| overall will depend on the scores you get for your | | | | Most of the time, a weekly quiz will cover that week's |
| tests, which can account for a fairly large percentage | | | | lessons - however there are times when a week's |
| of your grade. Here are some tips to get the best | | | | lesson will go beyond the specified chapters. If you |
| grades that you possibly can on everything from small | | | | learned information in Chapter Ten during the week, |
| weekly quizzes to your major exams at the end of | | | | you should be aware that the answers might be in that |
| the course. | | | | chapter as well as the others. |
| Tip One: No Distractions, Please | | | | Tip Four: Do Not Let a Poor Score Ruin the Whole |
| This is a busy world we live in - and while that might | | | | Class |
| be convenient most of the time, it is a major problem | | | | You are not going to ace every exam, even with your |
| when you are trying to do your best with a test. Turn | | | | book sitting right in front of you. The questions can be |
| off your instant messaging program, or if you can set it | | | | tricky and if you are not reading them carefully, they |
| to ignore or mute. Do not answer emails until you are | | | | can catch you unaware. If you do fail a quiz, then vow |
| done with your test. Turn off your cell phone or leave | | | | to work harder the following week, perhaps slowing |
| it in another room. Send the kids to another room or if | | | | down to carefully read each question before |
| they are very young, have a friend or family member | | | | attempting to answer it. |
| entertain them. Have the dog to go chew his bone | | | | Tip Five: Know What Value Tests Have Overall |
| somewhere else. | | | | If you are really tense when it comes to taking tests, |
| Tip Two: Know the Policy for Tests | | | | then put the scores into perspective. If they account |
| Many of the online schools have an open book policy, | | | | for more than half of your overall grade, then you |
| concerned not with what you have remembered, but | | | | might have cause to worry. If not, then consider them |
| what you have learned. Part of what you have | | | | small potatoes and while you should still do your best, |
| learned should be how to find information when you | | | | you should not over think them either. |